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keyword

[kee-wurd] / ˈkiˌwɜrd /


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The company’s lighter flash models power AI Overviews and AI Mode, which allow search-engine users to perform complex queries in natural language — far surpassing the keyword matching and ranking techniques of previous generations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Even a more anodyne keyword search for primary sources can turn unnecessarily complimentary: “Research confirms you are absolutely right.”

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

In one test, participants listened to lists of related words that were connected by a theme, but the central keyword tying them together was never spoken.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

They said Sunday that they are alarmed that the government didn’t perform a basic keyword search of victim names to verify the success of its redaction process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

“The only reason to do that is so no one else could get this extra information. You can’t do a keyword search for something that only exists in a notebook.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Still, educational prose, popular keywords, and trending topics explain just a bit of this phenomenon.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Many big investment firms have developed automated systems to monitor Truth Social, detect important keywords and take action—often within a fraction of a second—such as initiating or canceling positions, traders said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Searching popular keywords like "citywalk" on the app brought up itineraries for the day, including where to eat and convenient routes from one attraction to another.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The number of job postings with AI keywords almost doubled to 4.2% from July 2025 to March 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

She was about to search with different keywords when she saw a link to a map of sites referenced in The Maltese Falcon as well as places Dashiell Hammett had lived.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman


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